Curriculum vitae

Education, research experience, and the skills developed along the way.

Brown University · 2025 — Present

Light, matter,
and what comes next.

Graduate researcher in the chemistry PhD program, studying excitonic physics, quantum states, and two-dimensional materials in Yusong Bai’s Group.

A record of the journey.

The PDF is the undergraduate edition. Current experience is listed below.

Undergraduate CV PDF

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A path through physics.

Education & academic appointments

  1. 2025 — Present

    Brown University

    Graduate student in the chemistry PhD program

  2. 2024 — 2025

    Rice University

    Visiting scholar at the Smalley-Curl Institute

  3. 2021 — 2025

    University of Science and Technology of China

    Bachelor’s degree in physics

Research in practice.

From single-photon emission to the control of individual atoms.

2024 · Rice University

Single-photon emitter creation in few-layer 2D materials

Supervisors: Wenjing Wu and Prof. Shengxi Huang
SCOPE Lab

  • Carried out optical spectroscopy measurements including photoluminescence (PL), Raman, and time-correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC) on hBN-encapsulated WSe2 and WS2 monolayers integrated with strain-engineered substrates.
  • Examined single-photon emission quality through photon-statistics measurements, obtaining the second-order correlation function g(2)(τ) using Hanbury Brown and Twiss (HBT) interferometry.

2022 — 2024 · USTC

Single-atom trapping with movable optical lattices

This program was proposed to trap single atoms and combine fluorescence detection with movable optical lattices for high-precision control of atomic positions.

Supervisors: Dr. Jian Wang and Prof. Chuanfeng Li
CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information

  • Participated in setting up the optical path in a magneto-optical trap (MOT) for 87Rb. Independently built the double-pass configuration to adjust the frequency of cooling light with Bragg diffraction.
  • Led the building and testing of the second ultrahigh-vacuum system with optical access, mounting an Rb atom dispenser for the MOT and optical dipole traps for ensembles and single atoms. The system reached 3 × 10−11 Torr.
  • Independently pre-treated the optical fiber for use in the vacuum system and tested the mode-field diameter of the treated single-mode fiber to optimize mode matching between the cavity and fiber.
  • Independently designed control circuits and installed control electronics—including the microwave amplifier, radio-frequency switch, and radio-frequency generator—into integrated chassis to facilitate connections between electrical devices in the optical path.
  • Achieved atom control for 3 seconds (unpublished).

Selected publication.

All publications

Recognition.

Scholarships & awards

  • 2023

    Chung-Yao Chao Talent Program Scholarship

  • 2022, 2023

    Outstanding Student Scholarship, Silver Prize Top 10%

  • 2022

    Endeavor Scholarship Top 5%

  • 2022

    First Prize in the electromagnetism course essay competition IYPT 2022

A working toolkit.

Experimental methods, computation & academic training

Experimental methods

Optical path construction

  • Coupling and design of optical paths
  • Fiber alignment in different instruments and mode testing of laser beams

Sample characterization

  • Optical spectroscopy: photoluminescence, time-correlated spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, reflectance, polarization-resolved spectroscopy, and HBT interferometry
  • Thin-film deposition, lithography, dry and wet etching, and 2D heterostructure stacking and transfer

Computation & language

Programming languages
Python, C/C++, HTML/CSS
Tools & frameworks
Anaconda, MATLAB, Solidworks, LabVIEW, Keil, Comsol
English
TOEFL: 99
Reading 26 · Listening 27
Speaking 22 · Writing 24

Key coursework

Mathematics

Mathematical Analysis, Function of Complex Variable, Computational Method, Equations of Mathematical Physics, Computational Physics

Physics

Atomic Physics, Electrodynamics, Quantum Mechanics, Technique of Quantum Information, Laser Principle and Technology, Advanced Photon Physics, Fundamentals of Modern Optics, Engineering Optics, Solid State Physics, Quantum Optics